Non-refillable bottle.



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PATBNTED AUG. 29, 1905.

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APPLIOATION FILED APR.19,1905.

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ORRIE H. FISHBURNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VALLEYV. DAVIDS, OF NEW YORK, N.-Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed April 19,1905. Serial No. 256,381.

To {rf/,Z 11177/0797/ 7115 71mg/ concern; Be it known that I, ORRIE H.FISHBURNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the boroughof Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Non-Refillable Botties, of which the following isa`specitication. The object of my present invention is to providecertain improvements in the construction, form, and arrangement of theseveral parts of the protective device of a non-refillable bottlewhereby the number of parts will be reduced to a minimum withoutaffecting the efliciency of the device.

A practical embodiment of my invention is,

represented in the accompanying drawings,

. in which*- Figure 1 represents a portion of a bottle in verticalcentral section with my improved protective device located in positiontherein, parts of the same being shown in section. Fig 2 is a verticalcentral section through the bottle and device, taken at right angles tothe view shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with theparts inverted as in pouring liquid from the bottle; and Fig. i is atransverse section taken in the plane of the line A A of Fig. 2lookingin the direction of the arrows,

The body of the bottle is denoted by 1, its neck by 2, and its mouth by3.

The neck of the bottle is provided with an enlarged bore 4 and a reducedbore 5, forming an upper annular shoulder 6 and a lower annular shoulder7. A cage is locked in the interior of the neck of the bottle asfollows: The cage is provided with an inner tubular portion 8, having avalve-seat 9 at its outer end and an outer tubular portion 10, providedwith a valve-seat 11, at its inner end', the adjacent ends of whichinner and outer portions are connected by side bars 12 and 13. Aspherical valve 14 is hinged in the space between the inner and outermembers 8 and 10 by providing the ball With a lug 15, which projectsinto a slot 16 in the connecting side bar 12, and through this lug 15 Ipass a pintle 17. The spherical valve is thus suspended so that it willrest on the valve-seat 9 of the inner member when the bottle is in anyposition above a horizontal one and will rest on the valve-seat 11 ofthe outer member whenever the bottle is in any position below ahorizontal one unless liquid is being poured from the bottle. In thatevent the valve will be held in a position between the two valve-seats,as will hereinafter appear.

The outer member 1() of the cage has its outer end closed by a cap 18,which cap has a circumferential flange 19, which projects beyond theperiphery of the said outer member 10. Just inside of the cap 18 Iprovide a plurality of transverse openings 2O through the walls of theouter member, thus connecting its bore 21 with the enlarged bore 4E ofthe neck of the bottle. A hole 22 is formed through the wall of theupper member 10 in substantially the same longitudinal plane as thehinge for the spherical valve 1A, which hole connects the inner end ofthe large bore 1 4 of the neck with the bore 21 ofv the outer member ofthe cage. This hole 22 preferably leads diagonally outward from the eX-terior to the interior of the outer member, so as to prevent theinsertion of wires therethrough from the exterior of the bottle. Theouter member of the cage is provided with a circumferential iiange 23,which rests upon the shoulder 6, formed at the outer end of the reducedbore 5 of the neck.

The cage is permitted to be inserted into the neck of the bottle andheld against removal by providing the 4inner member 8 of the cage with aplurality of spring-catches 24. In the present instance two of thesecatches are shown. They are located in longitudinal grooves 25 in thewalls of the inner member 8 and are so arranged that after the cage hasbeen inserted into position the free ends of the catches will springoutwardly into engagement with the shoulder 7 at the inner end of thereduced bore 5.

The space between the reduced bore 5 and the periphery of the cage fromits inner end to the Hange 23 is lilled by a cylindrical cork 26, whichcork serves as a packing and also serves to inclose the open portion ofthe cage between the inner and outer members.

It is to be Yunderstood that the cage and valve may both be made ofglass, the only metal parts in the entire device being the hinge-pintlefor the valve and the springcatches for holding the cage within the neckof the bottle. It will also be seen that the device practicallycomprises only three partsviz., the cage, the valve, and the cork.

1n operation, after the bottle has been filled, the cage with itscylindrical cork is inserted into the neck of the bottle and forced IOOinwardly until its circumferential iiange 23 engages the shoulder 6 andthe spring-catches 24 engage their shoulder 7. The cage is then lockedin position. When it is desired to pour the liquid from the bottle, thebottle is inverted with the hinge of the valve uppermost. The resultanteffect on the valve from the tendency of the liquid to swingI it awayfrom the seat 9 of the inner member and the tendency of the iniiowingair to swing it away from ythe inner seat of the outer member will causethe valve to vibrate between the two, thus permitting the liquid toescape into the bore 21 of the outer member and from thence through thelowermost of the holes 20 into the neck of the bottle and from thenceout through the mouth of the same. Should any one attempt to reiill thebottle, it will be found practically impossible, for the reason that ifthe bottle is held in a vertical position the vspherical valve willclose the inner member of the cage, and should the bottle be invertedthe valve will close the outer member of the cage. The weight of thevalve is suiicient to withstand any attempt to force the liquid into thebottle.

What I claim isl. The combination with a bottle-neck, of anon-reiillable device inserted therein consisting of a cage comprisinginner and outer members spaced apart, valve-seats in the adjacent endsof the two members and a valve hinged between the two members inposition to engage the one or the other of the valve-seats.

2. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a non-reiillable deviceconsisting of a cage comprising an inner member open at both ends, anouter member spaced from the inner member open at its inner end andclosed at its outer end, the outer member having holes at differentdistances from its outer end and a valve hinged between the two membersin position to close the one or the other of the members.

3; The combination with a bottle-neck, of a non-reillable deviceinserted therein consisting of a cage comprising outer and inner membersspaced apart having valve-seats at their adjacentends and a sphericalvalve hinged between the two members in position to engage the one orthe other of the valve-seats.

4. The combination with a bottle-neck having a reduced bore forminginner and outer shoulders, of a non-retillable device inserted in thebottle-neck composed of a cage comprising inner and outer members spacedapart, a valve hinged between the two members arranged to close the oneor the other of the members and means carried by the cage engaging thesaid inner and outer shoulders for locking the cage in the bottle-neck.

5. The combination with the neck of a bottle having a reduced boreforming inner and outer shoulders, ot' a non-refillable device insertedin the bottle-neck composed of a cage comprising inner and outer membersspaced apart, a valve hinged between the two members in position toalternately close the one or the other, a flange carried by the outermember engaging the outer shoulder and spring-catches carried by theinner members engaging the said inner shoulder.

6. The combination with the neck of a bottle having a reduced boreforming inner and outer shoulders, of a non-reiillable device consistingof a cage comprising inner and outer members spaced apart, a sphericalvalve hinged between the two members in position to open and close theone or the other, a tubular cork inclosing the cage within the reducedbore of the bottle-neck and means engaging the inner and outer shouldersfor locking the cage within the bottle-neck.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of March, 1905.

ORRIE H. FISHBURNE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, F. GEORGE BARRY.

